Product Description: This abridged classic tells the story of a young boy, Jim Hawkins, as he recounts his hunt for buried teasure and his fight with pirates led by one-legged Long John Silver and his famous parrot, Captain Flint. It is one of a series of shortened classic stories ranging from chilling tales to gripping adventures...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This abridged classic shows the struggle between good and evil that Dr. Jekyll faced, and how in the end, his own good nature was overpowered by the evil in himself. It is one of a series of shortened classic stories ranging from chilling tales to gripping adventures.

Product Description: A retelling of the story of Zorro, the masked vigilante who leaves behind the mark of a 'Z' and tries to save the people from a tyrannical governor in 19th century Spanish California.

Suitable for level: intermediate, CEF B1 ALTE Level 2, this ELT edition features Zorro who is a dashing adventurer who vows to always help the poor and stand up for what is right. Never seen without his mask, and with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other - who is this extraordinary man? It also includes an audio CD.

Product Description: The Fast Track Classics series enables students to experience the pleasure of reading well-known classic novels. These shortened classic novels cater for every taste whether it is the delightful story of Little Women, the gripping adventure of Kidnapped, the compelling and poignant Phantom of the Opera, or the dark and mysterious drama of Jane Eyre...read more

Product Description: The Fast Track Classics series enables students to experience the pleasure of reading well-known classic novels. These shortened classic novels cater for every taste whether it is the delightful story of Little Women, the gripping adventure of Kidnapped, the compelling and poignant Phantom of the Opera, or the dark and mysterious drama of Jane Eyre...read more

Product Description: Original / British English (Available April 2008) Farm work isn't Joe's idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a disagreement about GM (genetically-modified) crop trials, life becomes more interesting...read more

Product Description: Presents an abridged retelling of the battle for Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, recounting the triumphs and defeats of Achilles, Odysseus, and Hector during the Trojan War and describing the destruction of Troy.

Product Description: Book by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Product Description: This retelling of the classic Jules Verne tale tells the story of Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, who make a terrifying journey into an extinct volcano—and right into the center of the Earth.

Product Description: When Samuel discovers the Globe Theatre, he longs to work for the greatest writer in England, and when he cheekily tries to act, Master Shakespeare decides to employ him. One by one, Samuel plays Cobweb...then the grandson of Coriolanus...read more

Product Description: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of adventure and danger on the high seas, retold for younger readersTreasure Island is an exciting adventure story in which a young boy, Jim Hawkins, recounts his hunt for buried treasure and his fight with pirates led by the one-legged Long John Silver and his famous parrot, Captain Flint...read more

The Fast Track Classics series enables students to experience the pleasure of reading well-known classic novels. These shortened classic novels cater for every taste whether it is the delightful story of Little Women, the gripping adventure of Kidnapped, the compelling and poignant Phantom of the Opera, or the dark and mysterious drama of Jane Eyre. Each book is a manageable size, with short chapters and helpful illustrations. The introduction gives a synopsis of the plot and a short biography of the author. Carefully designed with lexical structures and vocabulary to match the ability of the student, Fast Track Classics still convey the essence of these powerful stories and lose none of their characterisation.

Product Description: Mark Twain's classic tale of friendship and adventure along the mighty Mississippi River, retold for younger readersHuckleberry Finn was published in 1884, and tells the story of a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, the friend of Tom Sawyer, and the slave, Jim...read more

When a reporter uncovers the secret past of a wildly successful talk-show host, the poverty of her own Appalachian youth and the man she had once loved come back to threaten her career

Product Description: A classic science fiction adventure about three men who are taken captive by the evil genius Captain Nemo, retold for younger readers First published more than a century ago, Jules Verne's science fiction adventure tells the story of a scientist, Arronox, who joins an expedition to find and destroy a mysterious sea monster who is attaching shipping...read more

Part of a series, this title tells the story of the curse of the Baskerville family - a family haunted by a terrifying hound on Dartmoor. It is suitable for Upper Intermediate level and CEF B2 ALTE Level 3.